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Each month, Respiratory Care offers 1 CRCE for AARC members. All you have to do is achieve a passing score (70%) on the quiz based on the latest issue of Respiratory Care. The 10-question post-test contains 2 questions from each of the first 5 articles of this month’s issue of Respiratory Care. The article the question is referencing is noted by the lead author’s name in parentheses at the beginning of each question. All 5 articles will be available for download within the course.

Articles and Authors

  • Miller et al. (Impact of Attending Physician Presence During Respiratory Therapist Intubation Attempts)
  • Zhang et al. (Comparative Evaluation of Risk Scores for Predicting Postoperative Pulmonary Complications)
  • Dorado et al. (Effects of Heat-Moisture Exchangers and Dead Space Compensation on CO2 Clearance and Mechanical Power in Critically Ill Intubated Subjects)
  • Miller et al. (Postextubation Arterial Blood Gas to Predict Reintubation in Children with Congenital Heart Disease)
  • Beck et al. (Positioning of Diaphragm Electrical Activity Catheter in Premature Infants)
Seminar Objectives

Discuss the main results of the study.

Discuss the implications of the study on patient care.

Identify the study design.

Identify the research question of the study.